omer

plural omers · alternative gomer · alternative Omer

1. historicalunits of measureA former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.

   ...that Omer which was every mans daily portion of Manna, is computed to have bin more then might have well suffic'd the heartiest feeder thrice as many meals.

   1644, John Milton, Areopagitica

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   And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

   1769, Bible (KJV), Exodus XVI

   Synonyms: issaron

2. A vessel of one omer.
3. JudaismThe sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.

1. JudaismuncountableThe counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.

1. JudaismuncountableusuallyThe 49-day period from the second day of Passover to Shavuot, begun and ended with an offering of a sheaf of barley and noted nightly during evening prayer.

   The counting of the Omer—the Sefiras HaOmer—is a mitzvah.

2. JudaismalternativeuncountableAlternative form of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.

1. biblicalA masculine name included within a Biblical genealogy as a descendant of Esau at Genesis 36:11.